from Veganomicon
Actual conversation about this meal:
Friend: This croutons are so good, I keep just eating them by themselves.
Me: Have you tried dipping them in the mustard sauce? I think I could just eat a big bowl of croutons and mustard sauce.
Boyfriend: Um, I think I'll stick with a bowl of ice cream, instead.
For some reason even though no particular component of this meal is very complicated, it took me forever to make it. I was in the kitchen for what seemed like two hours, mixing stuff up in the food processor and sticking stuff in the oven and tearing up lettuce. The end result, however, was delicious. The Caesar dressing was delicious, as usual. The croutons were great even though I didn't use roasted garlic on them because I didn't want to spend even more time in the kitchen. My boyfriend said the chickpea cutlets were the best seitanish thing I've ever made. And the mustard sauce . . . ZOMG so delicious. We had two friends over to watch Eureka and they both ended up eating some despite both claiming to have already eaten, so I can claim success on that front, as well.
This time when I made the chickpea cutlets, I used the food processor to combine the chickpeas and all of the wet ingredients, and then combined that mixture with the bread crumbs and wheat gluten. I think it gave the cutlets a really great, smooth, firm texture, in addition to being easier than smooshing chickpeas with a spoon. I also baked them instead of frying them. (I've actually never fried them, they always turn out pretty good baked.) I also always make 1.5 times the recipe so I can use an entire can of chickpeas.
Local: Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers